That so much of the middle east had turned women into property… or even less than property as women are routinely damaged and destroyed on whims, is an even greater tragedy than all the terrorism in and from this region.

Yet there are those who say condemning this evil is intolerance. I don’t think you could express a more profound hatred of those of the middle east than to act as though this is how they have to behave by nature.

In other words, SHE didn’t turn down the proposal. Her father did. And because her father told these men that no, they could not marry his daughter — sounds like the right choice given their proclivities toward murder — the men butchered her. Because of a decision HER FATHER made on her behalf.